[colug-432] less

Rick Hornsby richardjhornsby at gmail.com
Tue Nov 25 16:54:39 EST 2014


This seems to be an issue with the command lesspipe, and not less itself.
Less may be vulnerable, but I've never used lesspipe.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read that using the less command line will make me vulernable to malware.
>
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2851692/less-means-more-to-malware-authors-targeting-linux-users.html
>
> Has this problem been dealt with, or should I not use less? Is there an
> alternative command I can use instead of less? I am using LinuxMint 17
> Cinnamon.
>
> Tom
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